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School:Fisk University

2023-10-14T17:21:20Z

Oreoluwaowoseeni: /* Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship */

Fisk University is a highly ranked historically black university, according to U.S. News and World Report, and is the oldest institution of higher learning in Nashville, Tennessee. Fisk’s outstanding faculty and students continue to enhance the University’s international reputation for academic excellence. Our scholars continue to make strides in all areas of the industry from Social Justice to the sciences. A Fisk education prepares our students to become beacons in servicing the community and well-rounded leaders and scholars in their respective fields. Fisk offers more than 20+ undergraduate and graduate programs in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Clinical Psychology with a bridge Masters to Ph.D. programs through a partnership with Vanderbilt University.
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[[File:Fisk University.jpg|center|thumb|1000x1000px|Aerial View of Fisk University]]

=='''Mission'''==
Fisk University produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society, Our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. Our faculty and administrators emphasize the discovery and advancement of knowledge through research in the natural and social sciences, business and the humanities.
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=='''Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''==
Fisk University is devoted to promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship in their students through courses and programs. The University offers a degree in Bachelor of Science Business Administration Degree with concentrations in Accounting, Financial Economics, International Business, Management and Music Business which allows students to major in Business with any of these concentrations. Fisk also has a Intro to Business & Entrepreneurship course which is a CORE course that every student from every major must take. This helps ensure that every student that goes through Fisk has had some experience in entrepreneurship.

Thanks to the Office of Career Planning and Development Department, their students have been exposed to resources that help foster entrepreneurship and general career readiness. Fisk has placed a strategic focus on the Office of Career Planning and Development. The University recognizes that college represents a tremendous investment of time and resources and that its students rely on them to deliver outstanding opportunities. In a time of record student debt, the university strives to provide a significant return on investment, and by extension, help students realize their future goals. This is evidenced by their partnerships, internships, and placements. This dedication to outcomes and deliverables is spearheaded by the Office of Career Planning and Development (OCPD). The OCPD office has brought ground-breaking programs and resources and partnered with organizations like the Centre for Financial Advancement, INROADS, and Ryan Specialty Group, to name a few. The use of partners and programs like these have helped pique students' interest in the world of innovation and the necessity for the youth of this generation to have an entrepreneurial mindset.

There is also the Fisk Innovation Center, located at the Franklin Library, established to promote design thinking, creativity, and innovation among students.

=='''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''==
Fisk University conducts workshops once in a while to help faculty improve their skills. Moreover, the university aspires to have faculty and staff evoke their Entrepreneurial skill set, to give back different skill sets to the students. Faculty are encouraged to motivate students to do more research and help them along that process.

=='''Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function'''==
"We don't have a technology transfer office at our school."

=='''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration'''==
'''Mentoring, advisory or business networks strategies'''

Fisk University's Office of Career Planning and Development has a Center For Financial Advancement chapter in partnership with HomeFree USA to educate students on financial stability and entrepreneurial skills that can serve them in the corporate world.

'''Technology, industrial park, manufacturing and/or wet lab spaces.'''

There are also multiple research projects going on at Fisk University especially in the STEM fields including wet-lab research in neuroscience, polymeric biomaterials, bioengineering, and proteins.

=='''Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts:'''==
In addition to our partnership with HomeFree USA for economic development of current students and alumni, Fisk University's career office also has partnerships with Google, HCA Healthcare, Caterpillar, Equinix, Dell Technologies, D.E Shaw Research, Davita, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP among others.
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Priorities:Fisk University Student Priorities

2023-10-14T17:02:02Z

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==Strategy #1: Innovation Center (Covenant Adenuga)==
Our research into opportunities for I&E in Fisk University turned up a space allocated to innovation in the schools library. It is non-functional and non-furnished but presents to us a blank canvas we absolutely can't wait to get some paint on. This project includes turning that space to a fully functional innovation center. We hope with the innovation center we can achieve two results:

*Create an avenue for students to develop innovative and entrepreneurial mindsets.
*Create a space that would be available for students to develop certain skillset that could be useful in the nearest future for income and/or recreational purposes.

To achieve this, we hope to employ the following starting steps:

*Pitch the idea to the school faculty, and receive permission to fully develop the innovation space in a way that it can draw students in.
*Organize workshops for faculty and students to help build innovation and entrepreneurship.
*To do this, we hope to start small by incorporating already existing classes and instructors of those classes to present at these workshops when they are available.
*Fisk University collaborates with companies to help prepare students for general career readiness. We hope to also utilize this to get company representatives interested in developing entrepreneurial mindsets in college students to come participate in workshops.
*As students need to get Service Learning and Professional Development hours to maintain their scholarships, we could also provide Service Learning and Professional Development hours to students who attend to encourage student participation.

==Strategy #2:Increase number of resource persons that come to Fisk to talk about I&E (Chibuikem Iheagwaram)==
During our interviews with students and faculty, we also found that:

Fisk University's innovation and entrepreneurship atmosphere could be improved by having more companies, alumni, or current students give talks on innovation as well as holding competitions that foster I&E, personal branding, design thinking, and improvement of students' marketability in the corporate world.

Sub-strategies include:

#Reaching out to alumni that are in graduate school or working at companies to come to inspire Fisk students about innovation & entrepreneurship. Hearing someone's story can inspire students to believe they can also achieve greatness. Having more current students and partner companies host design thinking workshops or share professional advice can also boost innovative and entrepreneurial thinking among students.
#Innovation week at Fisk University to include elevator pitch competitions, design thinking workshops, hackathons for different majors, business pitch challenges, public speaking seminars, resume & interview workshops, and other personal & professional branding events. Also having a student organization for innovation and entrepreneurship will help to train Fisk students.
#Working towards organizing first TED talk at Fisk University to talk about I&E topics that cut across different majors.

==Strategy #3: Increase number of mental health workshops and leaders (Aayush Bhatta)==
After interviewing with students, we came to know that the students at Fisk university student's mental health can be improved by doing workshops and calling alumni to come and share their experience and how they coped when they were in college.

#Reach out to the alumni to come back to Fisk and help the students with their experience of mental health.
#Student leaders can make sure they are speaking for their fellow friends to point out the major issue students are having with mental health.
#Faculty can conduct various workshops to empower students regarding mental health.

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2023-08-27T10:04:06Z

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Fellow:Oreoluwa Owoseeni

2023-08-26T04:54:39Z

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==Bio==
Born in Nigeria, Oreoluwa Owoseeni is a junior with a double major in Biochemistry and Data Science at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. He is passionate about scientific research, healthcare, entrepreneurship, equity, and fairness in various aspects of life. He enjoys reading, learning new things, and playing video games.

Oreoluwa is eager to give back to his community in the United States and in his home country, Nigeria, in areas of enlightenment and education, youth empowerment, and political reforms. He believes that just as the sky is big enough for every star to shine, so also the earth is designed to accommodate everyone the opportunity to excel and be impactful in their way.

==Achievements==
Ginkgo Cultivate Fellow

D.E. Shaw Nexus Fellow

Goldman Sachs HBCU Possibilities Scholar 2023

W.E.B DuBois Honors Scholar

Fisk University Presidential Scholar

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Fellow:Oreoluwa Owoseeni

2023-08-26T04:53:42Z

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==Bio==
Born in Nigeria, Oreoluwa Owoseeni is a junior with a double major in Biochemistry and Data Science at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. He is passionate about scientific research, healthcare, entrepreneurship, equity, and fairness in various aspects of life. He enjoys reading, learning new things, and playing video games.

Oreoluwa is eager to give back to his community in the United States and in his home country, Nigeria, in areas of enlightenment and education, youth empowerment, and political reforms. He believes that just as the sky is big enough for every star to shine, so also the earth is designed to accommodate everyone the opportunity to excel and be impactful in their way.

==Achievements==
Ginkgo Cultivate Fellow

D.E. Shaw Nexus Fellow

Goldman Sachs HBCU Possibilities Scholar 2023

W.E.B DuBois Honors Scholar

Fisk University Presidential Scholar

==Social media profiles==
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/oreoluwa-owoseeni/ LinkedIn: Oreoluwa Owoseeni]
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Fellow:Oreoluwa Owoseeni

2023-08-26T04:52:46Z

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==Bio==
Born in Nigeria, Oreoluwa Owoseeni is a junior with a double major in Biochemistry and Data Science at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. He is passionate about scientific research, healthcare, entrepreneurship, equity, and fairness in various aspects of life. He enjoys reading, learning new things, and playing video games.

Oreoluwa is eager to give back to his community in the United States and in his home country, Nigeria, in areas of enlightenment and education, youth empowerment, and political reforms. He believes that just as the sky is big enough for every star to shine, so also the earth is designed to accommodate everyone the opportunity to excel and be impactful in their way.

==Achievements==
Ginkgo Cultivate Fellow

D.E. Shaw Nexus Fellow

Goldman Sachs HBCU Possibilities Scholar 2023

W.E.B DuBois Honors Scholar

Fisk University Presidential Scholar

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2023-08-26T04:52:09Z

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2023-08-26T04:52:07Z

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==Bio==
Born in Nigeria, Oreoluwa Owoseeni is a junior with a double major in Biochemistry and Data Science at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. He is passionate about scientific research, healthcare, entrepreneurship, equity, and fairness in various aspects of life. He enjoys reading, learning new things, and playing video games.

Oreoluwa is eager to give back to his community in the United States and in his home country, Nigeria, in areas of enlightenment and education, youth empowerment, and political reforms. He believes that just as the sky is big enough for every star to shine, so also the earth is designed to accommodate everyone the opportunity to excel and be impactful in their way.

==Achievements==
Ginkgo Cultivate Fellow
D.E. Shaw Nexus Fellow
Goldman Sachs HBCU Possibilities Scholar 2023
W.E.B DuBois Honors Scholar
Fisk University Presidential Scholar

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2023-08-25T22:13:29Z

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